“Well done. You are an industrious and reliable servant. Since you were dependable in a small matter, I will put you in charge of larger affairs. Come share your master’s joy.” These are the words we hear this weekend in the Scripture readings. This is about Judgment...
There were ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish in that they took their lamps, but brought no oil with them. The other five were wise, they brought flasks of oil with their lamps. The bridegroom got delayed in...
The feast of all saints is called the feast of All Hallowed or all holy people. The word hallowed comes from the word holy, and the word holy means “to separate”. The ancestry of the word can be traced back to an ancient word which means “to cut”. To be holy, then, is...
In today’s Gospel Jesus tells us to love God and neighbor. These two commandments are the foundation of Christian Spirituality and permeate the writings of St. Francis de Sales: To show us more vividly how ardent God’s desire is for our love, God demands that love...
Many people, including myself, have considered 2020 to be among the most troubling and frightful times in modern history. An unprecedented global health crisis has already taken the lives of almost a quarter of a million people in the United States alone, a renewed...
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY: Our annual worldwide Eucharistic celebration for the Missions and missionaries of the world, will be celebrated on October 18, 2020. The offerings that will be collected are destined for a common fund of solidarity distributed, in the...
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